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Sketchpads and paper

- What I'm gonna do now is talk through…some of the materials we'll be using on this course.…And the first thing we're gonna start with…is our sketch pads.…For landscape sketching, I'll often use a sketch pad…that's got a landscape orientation to it.…And this can be really handy…because you can start to work over both pages…in the sketch pad.…So you can extend it out.…And this can be really useful for if I'm doing…a panoramic painting or a panoramic sketch…'cause I've got this really wide area…that I can work the sketch in between.…

If I'm out on location and I'm going to be using watercolors…and I'm just going to be like sitting on the edge of a wall…or kind of holding it in my hand when I do the sketches,…I'll often use a sketch pad…that's got a portrait orientation.…And this means that I can hold the sketch pad in my hand…but also balance watercolor pans…on the left-hand side of it.…You kind of grab it with your thumb.…And then you can take your brush…and be working away here.…

And it's all nicely balanced together.…

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6/4/2015

Learn how to quickly capture the atmosphere and mood of a landscape like an artist, and take the next step from sketching at home to sketching outside. This course includes an introduction to the materials you'll need to draw outdoors, as well as 7 practical principles to creating successful landscape sketches, combining drawing theory, on-location drawing demonstrations, and studio-based drawing tutorials. Author Will Kemp, founder of the Will Kemp Art School, shows how to capture, compose, and balance the scene in front of you and take your ideas back to the studio for further refinement.